Grease and Gasoline

It seems that we humans have a strange fascination with strapping immensely powerful jet engines onto objects that were clearly never made for such propulsion, but that doesn't stop the engineeri…

Trying to choose between performance and economy is often a very difficult decision, and usually there has to be a compromise between the two. However, one technology is helping to power  gasoline  e…

Image via Wikipedia Small gas engines serve us in many ways. They power lawn mowers, tillers, cultivators, trimmers, edgers, snowblowers, chain saws, pumps, generators, air compressors , and other u…

Four-Stroke Carburetors Your engine is basically an air pump , and your carb meters how much air and fuel are sucked into that pump. Even though they may differ wildly in size, shape and desig…

Carburetor Tuning Understanding Carburetion Motorcycle carburetion is fairly complex, but a basic understanding of the parts and theory involved will go a long way to simplify the processes and make…